The boyfriend of six-year-old Zymere Perkins’s mother was found guilty Wednesday for beating the boy to death after he defecated in the living room. Ryshiem Smith, 42, was found guilty of second-degree murder, first-and second-degree manslaughter and two counts of endangering the welfare of a child by a Manhattan jury. His sentencing is scheduled for …
On Tuesday, New York prosecutors showed jurors video of a child welfare worker’s interview with a 6-year-old boy five months before his mother’s boyfriend allegedly beat him to death. The New York Daily News reported that the short video was taken at the Manhattan Advocacy Center in April 2016 after Zymere Perkins’ teacher contacted Children’s …
“I’m very self-conscious about how I look outside.”
A mother testified in court on Monday that she abused and beat her son years before she met the man now accused of beating the 6-year-old to death in 2016, the New York Post reported. Geraldine Perkins, 29, accepted a plea deal for two to six years in prison for manslaughter in exchange for her …
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Zymere Perkins’ mother reportedly left to get food after the brutal beating, leaving her son dead for hours before getting help
On Tuesday, a grand jury indicted a man in the horrific broomstick-beating death of a little six-year-old boy. The child, Zymere Perkins, was found dead September 26. The tot was living with his mother, 26-year-old Geraldine Perkins and her “boyfriend.” The little boy’s malnourished body was covered in bruises and revealed finger marks around his …
